Incidents always have a human factor. Fathers are lost at sea leaving friends, family, wives and sometimes young children behind. Media reports and incident investigations or official reports may highlight the financial loss or the operational downtime but it takes an exceptionally sad case to shine light on the human factor, the loss of loved ones. The loss of the Bourbon Dolphin is such a case.
Back in October Maritime Accident Casebook told us:
Six months after her capsize near the Chevron drilling rig, Transocean Rather, 85 miles west of the Shetlands on April 12 this year, a preliminary report on the AHTS Bourbon Dolphin incident and the loss of eight lives, including a 14 year old schoolboy has been released. It may raise more questions than it answers and those may have to wait until the official Norwegian report is issued next year.
Of those on the bridge when she capsized, only the second mate, Geir Syversen, survived. His testimony indicates that problems began at a very early stage and emergency systems triggered just before the capsize did not work.
This week the incident report has been released and gCaptain forum member TEngineer gives us the bulletpoint details of the Bourbon Dolphin Incident Report;
Key conclusions are:
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